The Progress., 1887-12-10
THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention Of News Of General
interest.
ILLINOIS.

Brief Mention or News OF General
interest.
II ILLINOIS,
+. Mrs. Henry Blomdale, the wife of a
farmer near DennisOn, and q negro named
Davidson, who was working on the farm,
disappeared few days ago. The woman
Is well connected Her strange action
could not be accounted for She left three
small children.
The site for the military post at High
wood, which consists of 632 acres, has been
formally accepted by the War Department..
Fire kindled by mice among matches
spilled upon the kitchen mantel DESTROYED
the house of Tom Murray, near Champaign,
the other night Loss, So, 3,OO0 no insur--
ance. -.
Late the other night John Erickson, a
Rockford painter, crept up beside William
johnson, who was in his barn. and struck
him two heavy blows on the head with q
Jack-plane and then robbed him of 5000
John Peters, "the giant policeman" died
In Chicago few days ago OF typhoid fever.
refers was but twenty one years old, and the
tallest man of his age in the5world, his size
having been seven feet four inches He
came from Norway year ago.
Milk sickness prevails among the cattle in
portions of Cass County: Several persons
We're lying dangerously i'll from using milk
or beef that was tainted
Frank Morgan, a drunkard, was recently
arrested at Shelbyville, charged with beat
ing his wife until her recovery was doubt
ful. The woman has several small chill
dren. -.
Richard Ion, a Chicago teanster, was.
caught between the pole of his wagon and
une dashboard Of street-car the other day,
and the pole struck him in the chest and
crushed his ribs over the heart killing him
tns -antly.
AT Rock Island the other day the Central
Presbyterian Church celebrated its semi
centennial with appropriate services
Law and Order League. which has been
formed at Atwood is making it decidedly
unpleasant for gang of tough citizens with
which the town has been infested of late
post-office has been established at Sem
mary, Fayette County. The Fruit Land Of
fee has been discontinued.
Charles Young, a wealthy farmer Of Yer
million County, owning twenty-six different
farms, had his safe blown open and robbed
OF $2,OOO recently. Detectives have dis
covered that his grandson, whom he had
raised from infancy, commit the robbery.
The money was all recovered
- IOWA.
The burning of the Windsor packing
house at Des Moines the other night caused
a loss Of $3.50, 900, with $195, 900 insur-
ance. The owner willsrebuild in the spring
Preston Rush (colored) was stabbed and
killed in Keokuk the other day by John
Williams, also colored, They had quarreled
over nickel which Rush claimed Williams
owed him. The murderer gave himself up
Some interesting divorce statistics have
recently been published, covering thirty
four counties in the State and extending
over period OF twenty years The num-
ber of divorces granted was 8, ,6S4, of which
more than One-half were on account of will
full desertion. Women were the petitioners
In about tWo-thirds of the cases, and the
average duration of the married life OF the
persons divorced was from three to five
years.
The little three year-old child of Ira
Conkling, of Mason City, fell from a chair
into tub of boiling water few days ago.
from the effects of which he died.
Creston lover who addressed love-
scented letter to the object of his affections,
asking the young lady to become his part
'ner through life, inscribed ON one corner
OF the envelope, "Sealed proposal" The
ACouiO was, uS WttS dWdIueO Uuc COuUraCU
Over one hundred Thousand farmers in
the State are affected by the decision of the
United States Supreme Court that the
drive-wen patents are illegal on account of
priority of use. -
The other morning fire broke out in the
kitchen of the Central House in Walnut and
spreading to adjoining buildings caused
loss Of $4,000 - r
1t is estimated that the bogus butter law
reduces the traffic, in Iowa by $4,000, 900
annually. There are 495 creameries in the
State.
Mrs. Anderson, arrested at Boone for
dealing in counterfeit money, was found
guilty in the Federal Court at Des Moines
and fined 800 with a term Of one year in
the penitentiary. The sentence was sus-
pended conditional upon good behavior.
A Catholic Total Abstinance Society has
been organized at Dubuque. The object is
to reclaim excessive drinkers and prevent
young men from acquiring the drink
habit
The Northwestern Insurance Company,
capital 800, ,OOO has been Incorporated in
Dcs Moines =
WISCONSIN.
The other morning Erick Johnson and
1ouiS SaANou1ou1 SOo iAGO LII Ill OuS VI
the saloons at Two Harbors, and the former
sustained fatal injuries.
Orick Conger,, while hunting in the
neighborhood of Shell Lake, Washburn
County, the other day, shot and killed Mats
Hanson, lumberman, whom he mistook
for deer. z,ss =
T. H. Richardson, of GAINESVILLE, was rid
ing horse around in his yard the other
afternoon when he was caught under the
chin by clothes-line and thrown back
wark off his animal to the ground, his collar
bone being broken, He was fatally injured
Henry Claymeir, State Factory Inspector,
declares that not a single instance has come
under his observation where the child labor
law has been violated.
1t is generally believed at Wausau that the
recent fire, by which Carl Honikel and his
five children were burned to death, was the
work of an incen6iary. Mrs. Honikel, the
only surviving member OF the family, was